Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Planning Issues

Joanna Tuffy

77. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding any recent audits of land zoned for housing and yet to be built on land that his Department has sought or had sight of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55020/12]

Home Help Service Provision

Joanna Tuffy

166. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding home help hours and the provision currently being made for those in need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55025/12]

Air Services Provision

Joanna Tuffy

177. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on flight paths for Weston Aerodrome in Lucan; the steps being taken to protect residential amenity and ensure public safety (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55018/12]

Railway Stations Upgrade

Joanna Tuffy

178. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the opening of Kishogue train station in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55019/12]

Local Authority Funding

Joanna Tuffy

176. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider granting South Dublin County Council the same level of allocation per resident from the Local Government Fund in 2013 as Fingal County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53558/12]

Citizenship Applications

Joanna Tuffy

181. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a citizenship application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53139/12]

NAMA Portfolio Value

Joanna Tuffy

247. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the provisions being made by the National Assets Management Agency in relation to a social dividend from its portfolio of land; the way a community organisation should approach NAMA in relation to the delivery of social dividend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52910/12]

Deportation Orders Data

Joanna Tuffy

540. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding failed asylum seekers and persons illegally present in the State who have been served with a notification of intention to deport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52967/12]

Vaccination Programme

Joanna Tuffy

667. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding proposals for a package of supports for persons who developed narcolepsy as a result of vaccination with pandemrix; the reasons for the delay in bringing the proposals to Dáil Eireann; when he expects to re-establish contact with members of Sufferers of Unique Narcolepsy Disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52585/12]

Local Drugs Task Forces Funding

Joanna Tuffy

143. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding funding for the North Clondalkin Safety Forum Project, which scheme is currently funded by the Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51948/12]

Drug Treatment Programmes Funding

Joanna Tuffy

195. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health the grants that can be applied for by organisations and projects based in the Dublin area that provide services to drug addicts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52033/12]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Joanna Tuffy

125. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will identify the annual anticipated savings arising from changes introduced from 1 September 2012 to certain rates and PRSI contribution bands for the State pension contributory; the number of claimants affected by the new rules each year from 2012 to 2020; the projected increase in qualified adult and/or State pension non-contributory payments over this period arising from the changes and the associated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51674/12]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Joanna Tuffy

127. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide up to date costings regarding backdating the home-makers scheme to 1964; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51676/12]

EU Programmes

Joanna Tuffy

167. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the new European Endowment for Democracy; the contribution if any, Ireland will make to this organisation; Ireland's representation in the governance of this organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51174/12]

Proposed Legislation

Joanna Tuffy

186. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to introduce paternity leave as part of the overall legislative reforms around the implementation of the EU directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50703/12]

Tax Yield

Joanna Tuffy

125. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional tax yield if universal social charge was reformed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49324/12]

Universal Social Charge Payments

Joanna Tuffy

126. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons paying the universal social charge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49325/12]

Tax Yield

Joanna Tuffy

127. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the numbers of persons that avoid tax on the grounds of non domicile; the estimate of total tax foregone by the State in a full year from this exemption; the additional yields that have been achieved to the Exchequer following changes in Budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49326/12]

Tax Reliefs Application

Joanna Tuffy

128. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the numbers of persons who used the artist exemption in the years 2011 and 2012 in respect of their earnings; the total tax foregone to the State in those years on the basis of that exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49327/12]

Departmental Funding

Joanna Tuffy

154. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in tabular form, of the grants from his Department payable in the year 2012 to non Governmental agencies based here or abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49328/12]

School Funding

Joanna Tuffy

155. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial assistance available to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49329/12]

Vaccination Programme

Joanna Tuffy

1169. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health when he will put in place a package of supports to meet the needs of children, adolescents and young adults affected by Narcolepsy after vaccination with Pandemrix; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48590/12]

Road Improvement Schemes

Joanna Tuffy

1231. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the proposed flyover at Newlands Cross, Clondalkin, Dublin and if the impact of works and the completed project on residents will be taken into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48508/12]

VAT Rate Increases

Joanna Tuffy

50. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding value added tax being applied to school books; if there are plans to have parity in relation to the VAT regime for school books that are available as ebooks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46925/12]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Joanna Tuffy

147. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the entitlement of nationals of EU members states that are resident in Ireland to local authority housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47133/12]

Student Support Schemes Issues

Joanna Tuffy

233. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any State or European funded grants that are specifically targeted at women who study engineering at third level here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46087/12]

Student Support Schemes Issues

Joanna Tuffy

234. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available for mature students who undertake third level study in addition to the higher education grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46088/12]

Student Support Schemes Issues

Joanna Tuffy

347. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding social welfare recipients may access towards courses that are not provided to them for free but that will lead them to be better skilled and or qualified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46089/12]

Speech and Language Therapy

Joanna Tuffy

634. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if he will give details of the waiting period, for the last four years, for children seeking speech therapy services in the Lucan area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46050/12]

Speech and Language Therapy

Joanna Tuffy

635. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting period for speech therapy in the Lucan area and the need to address this situation because of the large number of children who require these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46051/12]

Overseas Development Aid Oversight

Joanna Tuffy

91. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up to date position with the Irish overseas aid programme up to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45479/12]

Tax Yield

Joanna Tuffy

101. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on estimated tax revenue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45484/12]

Departmental Expenditure

Joanna Tuffy

166. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on estimated savings in Social Protection expenditure (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45485/12]

Drugs Payment Scheme Administration

Joanna Tuffy

229. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 is entitled to a refund for medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45471/12]

Tax Yield

Joanna Tuffy

90. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated tax yield for a full year if the universal social charge was reformed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45113/12]

Pension Provisions

Joanna Tuffy

172. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the number of recipients who are in receipt of a reduced rate State contributory pension arising from the changes introduced from 1 September 2012 to the yearly average bands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45217/12]

Pension Provisions

Joanna Tuffy

173. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the number of recipients who are in receipt of reduced rate State contributory pension arising from their eligibility for having a yearly average of at least 10 full rate contributions paid and or credited from the date of entry into insurance to the end of the last full contribution year before reaching age 66 years. [45218/12]

Fuel Prices

Joanna Tuffy

213. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider the Irish Road Haulage Association’s proposal for the introduction of an EUR essential user fuel rRebate for the industry which proposal may increase revenue to the exchequer and could save many small and medium sized haulage companies from going into liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44660/12]

Pension Provisions

Joanna Tuffy

301. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Social Protection if options have been considered to alleviate the shortfall in income for workers who are not covered by the homemaker’s scheme and who are facing reduced pension entitlements as a result of the introduction of new PRSI contribution rates and bands since 1 September 2012; if she will set out feasible measures that could be taken to moderate or offset the negative impact on workers currently of retirement age who have had little time to prepare for change, drawing on and or supplementing analysis in the Green Paper on Pensions; and if she will provide costings with regard to backdating the scheme, updating estimates presented in the Green Paper. [44106/12]

Mortgage Interest Rates Issues

Joanna Tuffy

53. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to contact Allied Irish Bank regarding the recent announcement to increase their mortgage rates by 0.5% which is the bank's second rate rise within the past few months; if his attention has been drawn to the impact that this increase will have on distressed mortgage holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44011/12]

Joanna Tuffy

395. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the recent increases in prices for electricity announced by energy companies; the action proposed to help cushion low income households against these increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43450/12]

Bank Guarantee Scheme Bond Repayments

Joanna Tuffy

79. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on all moneys repaid to the State by the banks (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42472/12]

Public Sector Pensions Levy

Joanna Tuffy

108. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the amount of income that has been generated from the 20% levy placed on public service pensions in excess of €100,000; if he will provide details of the number of former Ministers and former Office Holders affected by this levy; and the if he will make a statement on the matter. [42450/12]

Tax Yield

Joanna Tuffy

48. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the additional revenue to date and the estimated revenue for the full year from tax changes in Budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42116/12]

School Patronage

Joanna Tuffy

99. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the location, type of school and prospective patrons for the new 16 classroom school approved for Lucan, County Dublin in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42148/12]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joanna Tuffy

201. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the current waiting list and waiting period for persons awaiting x-rays, ultrasound scans, CT scans, MRI scans and endoscopy procedures at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42170/12]

International Study Opportunities

Joanna Tuffy

104. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has any plans to make an application to have Ireland included in a scheme which permits the enrolment of 15 international students each year to the United States Air Force Academy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41463/12]

Tax Yield

Joanna Tuffy

79. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the tax yield (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41223/12]

Tax Code

Joanna Tuffy

80. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the high income individuals restrictions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41224/12]

Public Sector Staff Issues

Joanna Tuffy

90. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will explain the changes in public service numbers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41225/12]

Housing Adaptation Grant Applications

Joanna Tuffy

123. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the position of local authorities regarding the provision of central heating when none existed previously to assist older persons under the terms of the housing aid for older person's scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41108/12]

Planning Issues

Joanna Tuffy

143. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to review the planning and development regulations with a view to amending the regulations in which applicants are required to place planning notices in a national newspaper for proposed developments of a minor scale, such as an extension to a house; in view of the fact that the cost of placing such a notice is very costly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39706/12]

Medical Card Eligibility

Joanna Tuffy

260. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce an alternative scheme for persons on special diets like coeliac patients who due to the recent cuts announced by the Health Service Executive will no longer be entitled to free or subsidised gluten free food products for their condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39945/12]

Tax Yield

Joanna Tuffy

60. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated tax yield from the abolition of reliefs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39607/12]

Tax Yield

Joanna Tuffy

61. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated tax yield if a 1% levy was applied in Budget 2013 to all earners whose individual incomes surpassed €100,000 or on couples whose joint income surpassed €200,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39608/12]

Public Sector Staff Issues

Joanna Tuffy

62. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed in the Revenue Commissioners in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and currently in 2012; the numbers of staff in each of those years assigned to collection of capital taxes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39609/12]

Commemorative Events

Joanna Tuffy

143. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht the events planned to date to commemorate the 1913 lockout; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39610/12]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Joanna Tuffy

156. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the information kept by his Department in respect of compulsory purchase by local authorities; if there are any reporting requirements for local authorities regarding the terms of price paid, and the way price was reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39602/12]

Bank Branch Closures

Joanna Tuffy

236. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on his policy on the closure by banks of branches in local towns and villages and the impact this has on the local communities effected and the need to ensure that banks serve the needs of local communities, including small businesses, residents served by poor transport links and people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37715/12]

Personal Debt

Joanna Tuffy

237. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if those with equity release loans (details supplied) have been taken into account by him in his plans to help those with large debts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37717/12]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Joanna Tuffy

248. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the number of applications for tax relief in respect of the third level registration fee; the amount refunded in total to those qualifying for the relief and how this compares with his estimates for this tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38087/12]

Tax Credits

Joanna Tuffy

321. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will re-examine an application for incapacitated child allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38758/12]

Third Level Funding

Joanna Tuffy

406. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of funding from his Department to institutes of technology and universities from the State on a college by college basis and under the heading which that funding was made available in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; if any moneys were returned during these years to the Department as unspent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38088/12]

Third Level Admissions Reform

Joanna Tuffy

414. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement the recommendation of the Points Commission report in 2000 that colleges be obliged to publish the number of places available on courses those colleges offer through the CAO, in order to lead to more transparency and accountability regarding the way public funding is being used by colleges for third level education and also help inform public policy in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38269/12]

Employment Rights

Joanna Tuffy

609. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the enactment of the Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Workers) Bill, the steps being taken by him to ensure that employers and or recruitment agencies have made or will make backdated payments to their staff; if the staff will be retrospectively paid to 5 December 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38067/12]

Garda Recruitment

Joanna Tuffy

1208. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to resume Garda recruitment in the near future in view of the rising crime levels and the retirement of 300 plus gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37862/12]

Health Services Allowances

Joanna Tuffy

1670. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 16 February 2012, if he will provide an up-to-date position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37776/12]

Hospital Staff Issues

Joanna Tuffy

1730. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the Health Service Executive had to carry out a major recruitment drive for doctors outside of Ireland in response to a shortage of doctors in the HSE last year, if he will give an update on this shortage; if he foresees similar shortages in future; if he has brought this shortfall to the attention of Irish hospitals that provide clinical training for medical students and also to the attention to of the Department of Education and Skill and that there is a need to increase places to study medicine at colleges here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38283/12]

Vaccination Programme

Joanna Tuffy

1731. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on reports that 300 children were given the wrong vaccines at a GP practice (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38284/12]

Health Service Executive Savings

Joanna Tuffy

1755. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details regarding the Health Service Executive's proposals to make savings of €37 million through cash and stock management initiatives; if these proposals include medical stocks; if so, the way he proposes to manage the situation in order that the services are not compromised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38433/12]

HSE Expenditure

Joanna Tuffy

1768. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the cost to the Health Service Executive of private beds in public hospitals each year; the amount of this cost that is recouped by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38586/12]

Home Help Service Provision

Joanna Tuffy

1860. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny with regard to a reduction in their home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39300/12]

Tax Reliefs

Joanna Tuffy

107 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if there are any bands of income that avoid paying the minimum rate of tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[36475/12]

School Accommodation

Joanna Tuffy

208 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the inventory school accommodation available to his Department to inform its discussions in relation to the school building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[36481/12]

Public Service Obligation Services

Joanna Tuffy

827 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position on proposals regarding the tendering of public service obligation services; if he will provide details of the number of tenders he intends to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[36347/12]

Sports Facilities

Joanna Tuffy

830 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that was spent on the developing of a database of sports facilities (details supplied); if this database will be accessed by the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[36511/12]

Sports Facilities

Joanna Tuffy

831 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if decisions on applications for the sports capital grant will be based on evidence of where facilities are needed including that contained in the sports database prepared on behalf of his Department by consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[36512/12]

Dáil Reform

Joanna Tuffy

61 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Taoiseach his plans to review the changes to the way the Oireachtas conducts its business including the changes to Dáil and Seanad Standing Orders that have taken place in the current Oireachtas term, the changes to committees and the new committees; if this review will be carried out on a cross party basis to ensure that the changes are working well; when is it intended to bring in the outstanding changes that are outlined in the programme for Government; if the matter of reform of the way the Oireachtas does its business will be an ongoing matter of consultation on a cross party basis to ensure there is a genuine shift over the course of this Oireachtas term of power from the Executive to the Dail and the Seanad, and that the changes outlined in the programme for Government are something to be built upon in future beyond the term of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34349/12]

Third Level Fees

Joanna Tuffy

182 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to recent reports that a university intends to provide loans to students parents in an arrangement with a bank; if he has any oversight in relation to this arrangement to ensure that students are protected from incurring long-term debt and interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35341/12]

Rent Supplement Scheme

Joanna Tuffy

360 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Social Protection if any monitoring is taking place regarding local caps on rent allowance by local authorities to ensure that the rental cap is not lowered to a level whereby tenants will be priced out of the rental market; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[35345/12]

Rental Accommodation Scheme

Joanna Tuffy

502 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of tenants transferred from rent supplement to the rental accommodation scheme by local authorities; if he will provide a breakdown by county or local authority and in particular regarding an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35350/12]

Rental Accommodation Scheme

Joanna Tuffy

501 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is expecting local authorities to take to assist those tenants on rent supplement that wish to move to the rental accommodation scheme, the onus not just being left on the tenant to source a landlord willing to enter this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35346/12]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joanna Tuffy

777 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if the backlog of general practitioner referral letters for X-rays at Tallaght hospital, Dublin, has now been dealt with; the current waiting period for people awaiting X-ray results at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34723/12]

Public Sector Pay

Joanna Tuffy

92 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the number of public servants who earn salaries (details supplied) after 1 March 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34254/12]

Pilot Training Courses

Joanna Tuffy

274 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he is taking to assist 80 Irish trainee pilots currently stranded in Florida after their courses were cancelled due to a dispute between the Pilot Training College in County Waterford and the Florida Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34251/12]

Human Rights Issues

Joanna Tuffy

77 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with the appropriate authorities the situation regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[33188/12]

Invalidity Pension

Joanna Tuffy

230 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin and if she will expedite the matter.
[33179/12]

Rent Supplement Scheme

Joanna Tuffy

282 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the amount of funding provided in respect of rent supplement for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[33611/12]

Waste Disposal

Joanna Tuffy

103 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) has notified customers of an increase in their bin collection charges, due to an increase in landfill levy by 30% from €50 to €65 per tonne from July 2012; if further attention has been drawn to these increases will place an additional strain on financially strapped families and old aged pensioners.
[32838/12]

Waste Management

Joanna Tuffy

104 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding proposals to put in place a national household waste collection waiver system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[32839/12]

Social and Affordable Housing

Joanna Tuffy

107 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has issued any guidelines to local authorities in respect of local authority tenants who are married, separated and where one of the spouses is in need of separate accommodation; if there is any onus on the council to provide separate accommodation for the spouse concerned; if he has not issued guidance to local authorities on this issue; his plans to do so, to ensure sympathetic treatment of families in this situation by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[32853/12]

Anti-Social Behaviour

Joanna Tuffy

120 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he will to take to tackle anti-social behaviour problems, including an increase in physical violence, on our streets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[32832/12]

Professional Qualifications

Joanna Tuffy

143 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health the procedures that are in place to give the appropriate recognition to persons who have qualified as physiotherapists in other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[32864/12]

National Substance Misuse Strategy

Joanna Tuffy

148 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the recommendations of the National Substance Misuse Strategy Steering Group’s report on alcohol; if and when he will implement the recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[32882/12]

Local Authority Housing

Joanna Tuffy

179 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of funding provided for the construction of local authority housing in the State from 2008 to date in 2012; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of houses built in each local authority area during these dates; if an assessment has been carried out regarding future social housing needs; the projected number of local authority houses believed necessary by 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[32653/12]

Rental Accommodation Scheme

Joanna Tuffy

181 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of funding provided to fund the rental accommodation scheme from 2009 to date in 2012; the amount that will be required to fund this scheme up to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[32661/12]

Redundancy Payments

Joanna Tuffy

363 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a statutory redundancy case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[32018/12]